HAVANA (AP) — As Haiti rapidly spirals into chaos, its island neighbor, the Dominican Republic, has responded with crackdowns on migrants and a military buildup the government claims will “guarantee border security.”
But some fear those moves will only deepen long-existing xenophobia against Haitian migrants and harm both nations' economies.
Dominican officials also announced that they would consider even greater migratory controls on the Haitian border in the future. Among its most drastic actions has been to begin construction of a Trump-style wall along the border. Charpantier Blanco also noted that migrants were mostly working-class Haitians, but now his organization is seeing a growing wave of middle-class and elite fleeing.
The disorder has amplified fears by many Dominicans like Paterno Valenzuela that gang violence could trickle into their own country.
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